GRE Word List
CALLUS
a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark
The meaning of the word callus is a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| realm | kingdom |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| docile | easily taught |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |